George Iloka received the news that he had won his appeal just in time to get dressed for Wednesday's practice. Which made Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis happy, since A) was surprised that Iloka suspended a game in the first place for his hit to Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown on Monday night and B) that he is another opener who will have his defense decimated.

A total of nine players did not participate in the Wednesday practice of the Bengals, a final legacy of the physical that was Monday night. But it is believed that some will play in Sunday's game (1 p.m. – Channel 19 of Cincinnati) against the Bears at Paul Brown Stadium. Since the training was a glorified walk in only 48 hours, there will be a better management of the players available in the more conventional practice on Thursday.

But three incumbents in the concussion protocol (Burfict, Kirkpatrick, Mixon) do not notice to be ready in time and starting cornerback Adam Jones seems to have seriously injured his groin enough to have doubts about whether they will have it for the rest of the season.

Corner starter holder Darqueze Dennard (knee) and reserve safety rookie Brandon Wilson (ankle) did not work, but they were able to play Monday night with their injuries. The wide receiver John Ross (shoulder) was not either, but Lewis indicated that he will play this Sunday after three healthy scratches.

Before they understood, the defensive coordinator of the Bengals, Paul Guenther and the far left [19659007] Carlos Dunlap was heard talking about how surprised they were of security George Iloka was caught with a suspension of a game by helmet hit helmet on Monday night at Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown that generated an unnecessary call of rudeness like Iloka "As far as I know, the guy does not have any kind of malicious story like that," he said. Guenther before practice on Wednesday and he is absolutely right.

] Iloka did not receive a penalty in his first two years in the league, 2012 and 2013. The only year in which he has two unnecessary harshness sanctions is 2014. He earned one in each of the last three years, along with a provocation in 2015. But plays In one of the most physical positions in the league, Iloka scored 26 games between the third and fourth revenge of his career with the fourth on Monday.

"They suspended it because of the way the media portrayed the game, they felt that pressure," Dunlap said. "Back in the day (safety), Brian Dawkins was known to get the ball out of the hands of the catchers when they made big catches, it was acceptable."

The NFL removed the name of George Iloka from the list.

The point of Dunlap is that the defensive player has an almost impossible task. The league can not even give you a specific target area. Somewhere between the head and the knees, but the problem is that the target always moves and changes because the game is so fast.

"That's a bang-bang game all the time, they have to catch the ball that falls to the ground," Iloka said. "You have the chance to get the ball, you just have to make sure you hit him in the target area, he did not do it that time, he would usually do it, it's hard, there's nothing you can do about it."

So everyone was happy that they will not miss the game. But he still has to pay a fine of $ 36,464.50, still a lot for a guy who makes $ 235,000 per game.

_Lewis, a member of the NFL's competition committee, said Iloka had great appeal because he made the effort in the field.

"That was taken to George's defense, very appropriately, I think," Lewis said. . "There was a reference that I thought was an exaggeration in certain things, there were some plays that happened last season that were brought to the attention of the competition committee after the season, these were not those types of plays, plays that occur within the We have made many changes and revisions on how the game is taught, but even so, at the end of the day, it's football. "…

_ After the walk-through coordinator of the Bengals' special teams , Darrin Simmons vehemently opposed Steelers kicker Chris Boswell's claim that Bengals safety Josh Shaw tried to damage him before the 38-yard winning field goal on Monday night.

"You're not jumping so bad without that trying to run into the kicker," the Boston media said on Wednesday. "It's not an accident at all … If you look at the NFL for the past two years, several teams have done it just to try … or if it's bumping up, blocking the kick, doing something. Last year against the Bills, the Ravens did it against us last year, and now Cincinnati. "

Simmons, who saw Steelers linebacker Terence Garvin break the kicker Kevin Huber sent three years ago to a controversial block that received him a ticket, called Boswell's comments "ridiculous". Shaw, coming off the same right edge where Bengals cornerback KeiVarae Russell blocked a field goal attempt two weeks ago on the halftime weapon, tried to time a kick lock that would send the game on time extra. He was early, out of the game, and picked up the final penalty of the Bengals on a night when he set a franchise record of 173 yards penalty.

"He's trying to block the kick and he jumped the gun," Simmons said. "We would never try to hurt someone, that's ridiculous to say, the owner's hand was open, that's why it was.

" I have too much respect for what those guys do. We've been on the other side of that playing that team with Huber. He tried to block the kick. He just jumped early. "

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Lewis said he has spoken on the phone with Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier while at the Cincinnati hospital taking care of his injured back.

"I just told him to stay there and keep moving forward," Lewis said …

Lewis says he's happy that former Bengals kicker Mike Nugent has a shot at the Bears. But he hopes that he only sees him in the field once on Sunday: when the second half begins.